Sale reports / North Dakota / Kist Livestock Auction / 2020-03-04

Kist Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Mandan, North Dakota · Wed, Mar 4
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2097
Receipts
2,755 head
1,020 vs last sale 1,735 2,755 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers 550 to 600 lbs. were 6.00 lower and 650 to 700 lbs. were 4.00 lower. Other weights of steers not well tested for a comparison from low numbers last week. Feeder heifers traded mostly steady from last week. Most weights of heifers had low numbers last week for a comparison this week. Good buyer demand for today's offering. Flesh condition light to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.20/cwt on 1,494 head.
Average price
$149.20
1,494 head · 706 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,053
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$154
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$4.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.84
vs ND average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2585154.0090114thin
Medium and Large 1707149.161,0551,480
One grade step is worth $4.84/cwt here — about −$154 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1,494 hd
149.20
ND average3 barns · 4,434 hd
147.36
+1.84
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

25 lots · USDA AMS · Kist Livestock Auction - Mandan, ND
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1403163.00/cwt163.00–163.0065712
HeifersMedium and Large 1479154.55/cwt145.50–161.5074037
HeifersMedium and Large 1667135.48/cwt131.50–137.50904130
HeifersMedium and Large 1718129.31/cwt122.00–135.00928150
HeifersMedium and Large 1528153.97/cwt149.00–157.0081327
HeifersMedium and Large 1773121.92/cwt119.50–122.2594273
HeifersMedium and Large 1635141.98/cwt133.50–147.00902150
HeifersMedium and Large 1886120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,06319
HeifersMedium and Large 1568150.35/cwt144.00–153.7585446
HeifersMedium and Large 1809120.53/cwt114.00–122.25975142
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement767129.47/cwt126.50–136.7599353
SteersMedium and Large 1917127.16/cwt126.75–128.001,16637
SteersMedium and Large 1520170.96/cwt161.00–179.50889105
SteersMedium and Large 1863132.64/cwt126.50–133.001,145181
SteersMedium and Large 1626157.09/cwt134.00–169.00983339
SteersMedium and Large 1459187.50/cwt187.50–187.508618
SteersMedium and Large 1821131.47/cwt127.00–133.751,07963
SteersMedium and Large 1730142.89/cwt134.00–146.001,043172
SteersMedium and Large 1763143.80/cwt131.50–148.251,097220
SteersMedium and Large 1967125.32/cwt124.75–125.751,21243
SteersMedium and Large 1586167.61/cwt157.50–171.25982130
SteersMedium and Large 1676151.98/cwt145.50–161.501,027182
BullsMedium and Large 1671126.00/cwt126.00–126.008455
BullsMedium and Large 1843117.50/cwt117.50–117.509914
SteersMedium and Large 1-2585154.00/cwt154.00–154.0090114

How this sale compares

North Dakota weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every North Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.